Baltinglass secure ticket to Féile 2018
THE Wicklow Ladies Féile took place last weekend. Division 2’s round robin was completed on Saturday. Group 1 in Blessington comprised of Baltinglass, Valleymount and St Nicholas and Coolkenno while Newtown, St Patrick’s and Carnew competed in Newtown to join the winners of Group 1 in the final.
Both groups were tight affairs and Group 1 was won by Baltinglass, winning their three games albeit by tight margins.
The other group proved even tighter with the home side Newtown winning both their matches by a single point.
The stage was set for the final to be held on Sunday. However, the weather took a dramatic turn for the worse and with Ballinakill unplayable it looked like the match would have to be deferred.
However, Baltinglass made an offer to travel to Newtown for the final which was accepted and so the final was back on.
The final proved a tense affair under the watchful eye of referee Seamus Ahern.
Baltinglass took an early lead but could not shake off the Magpies. Favourites Baltinglass led at halftime by two points and stretched it out to five points during the second half.
However the never say die attitude of the Newtown girls brought them back into the game and in a welter of excitement scored three points to again bring it back to two points.
But the Baltinglass side steadied and their defence stood resolute to deservedly win the Division 2 title by the narrowest of margins on a final score of 2-02 to 1-03.
A magnificent display of good skilful sporting football by both teams and in his presentation Dominic Leech paid tribute to both sides and their management and supporters for their efforts over the two days.
The trophy was accepted on behalf of her team mates by Baltinglass captain Lia Arnold O’Brien who also thanked the Newtown side for a great game.
Baltinglass will now go on to represent Wicklow in Division 6 of the National Féile and are due to be hosted by Clan Na Gael in Louth on the weekend of June 30.
Arklow Waste Disposal Division 4 Football League NE 1 Round 1 - St Patrick’s v Avondale 7.00pm (Referee: Eugene Doherty); Avoca v An Tochar 7.00pm (Referee: Gerry Corbett); Ashford v Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 7.00pm (Referee: Mick Owens); Bray Emmets v Newtown 7.00pm (Referee: John O’Brien); Rathnew v Bye
Arklow Waste Disposal Division 4 Football League NE 2 Round 1 - Kilcoole v Tinahely 7.00pm (Referee: Chris Canavan); Barndarrig v Fergal Ogs 7.00pm (Referee: Tony McLoughlin); Annacurra v Arklow Geraldines-Ballymoney 7.00pm (Referee: Ollie Murphy)
Boom Platform Hire Division 4 Football League WS 1 Round 1 - Carnew Emmets v Kiltegan 7.00pm (Referee: Eugene O’Brien): Baltinglass v Blessington 7.00pm (Referee: Eamon Doyle); Dunlavin v Bye Boom Platform Hire Division 4 Football League WS 2 Round 1 - Coolkenno v Donard/Glen 7.00pm (Referee: Christy O’Rourke)
Friday, April 27
Division 3 League - Shillelagh v Hollywood 7.15pm (Referee: Liam Keenan Jnr); Coolboy v Aughrim 7.15pm (Referee: Brendan Furlong)
Arklow Bay Senior Football League Division 1 - Kiltegan v Dunlavin 7.15pm (Referee: Ciaran Fleming); Eire Og Greystones v Kilmacanogue 8.00pm (Referee: Anthony Nolan)
Saturday, April 28
Senior Hurling League Round 3 - St Patricks v Carnew Emmets 6.00pm (Referee: John Keenan); Kiltegan v Glenealy 6.00pm (Referee: Kieran O’Shea); Eire Og Greystones v Bye
Division 2 Football league Round 9 - Knockananna v Ashford 4.00pm (Referee: Ciaran Fleming); Ballinacor v Laragh 6.00pm (Referee: Anthony Nolan); Valleymount v Barndarrig 6.00pm (Referee: Garreth Whelan); Ballymanus v Newtown 6.45pm (Referee: Liam Cullen)
Sunday, April 29
Intermediate Hurling League Round
4 - Kilcoole v Avondale 11.00am (Referee: Chris Canavan); Arklow Rock Parnells v Kiltegan 11.00am (Referee: Con O’Ceadaigh) Carnew Emmets v Glenealy 11.00am (Referee: Damien Byrne); St Patrick’s v Bye
Monday, April 30
Arklow Bay Senior Football League Division 1 - St Patrick’s V Kiltegan 7.15pm (Referee: Anthony Nolan)
Under 17 Hurling Division 1 Round 1 - Luke O Toole’s V Carnew Emmets 7.15pm (Referee: Chris Canavan); Bray Emmets V Avondale/Parnells 7.15pm (Referee: Con O’Ceadaigh); Glen/Pats V Michael Dwyers 7.15pm Glenealy (Referee: John Keenan)
JUVENILE FIXTURES
Wednesday, April 18
Under-11 Football Group 1 - Rathnew Green v Eire Og Greystones 1 7.15pm (Referee Liam Keenan Jnr); Dunlavin 1 v An Tochar 1 7.15pm (Referee: Damien Byrne); Rathnew Red v Blessington Blue 7.15pm (Referee: Darragh Byrne); Bray Emmets 1 v St Patricks 7.15pm (Referee: Philip Bracken)
Under-11 Football Group 2 - Blessington White v Baltinglass 1 7.15pm (Referee: Keith Peppard); St Patricks Blue v Aughrim 7.15pm (Referee: Eugene Doherty); Eire Og Greystones 2 v Bray Emmets 2 7.15pm (Referee: Con O’Ceadaigh); Annacurra
1 v Carnew Emmets 7.15pm (Referee: Brendan Furlong); AGB 1 v St Kevin’s 7.15pm (Referee: Chris Canavan) Under-11 Football Group 3 - AGB 2 v Kilmacanogue 7.15pm (Referee: Mick Owens); Bray Emmets 3 v Donard/Glen 7.15pm (Referee: Tony McLoughlin); St Patricks White v Ashford 6.45pm Game now in Ashford (Referee: Pat Kelleher); Tinahely v Newtown 7.15pm (Referee: Robert Roach)
Under-11 Football Group 4 - An Tochar
2 v Barndarrig 7.15pm (Referee: Cathy Forde); Enniskerry v Avondale 7.15pm (Referee: Kevin Healy); Michael Dwyers v Kilcoole 7.15pm Ballinakill (Referee: Pat Dunne); Shillelagh v Annacurra 2 7.15pm (Referee: Jimmy Lawlor)
Under-11 Football Group 5 - Dunlavin
2 v Baltinglass 2 7.15pm (Referee: John Whyte); Coolkenno v Stratford/Grangecon 7.15pm (Referee: Jonathan Donegan); Ballinacor v Fergal Ogs 7.15pm (Referee: Liam Keenan Snr); Kilbride/Lacken v Coolboy 7.15pm (Referee: Lily May Cullen Dunne); Blessington Red v Bye
Under-15 Football Division 1 Round 2 - Eire Og Greystones v St Nicholas 7.00pm (Referee: Pat Hickey); Rathnew v St Patricks 8.00pm (Referee: Liam Keenan Jnr) Division 2 Round 2 - North Wicklow Gaels v An Tochar 7.15pm (Referee: John Keenan); Bray Emmets v Naomh Eoin Gaels 7.15pm (Referee: Ian Culbert) Division 3 Round 3 - Clann na Gael v Newtown 7.15pm (Referee: John O’Brien); Tinahely v Michael Dwyers 7.15pm Knockananna (Referee: Stephen Fagan); Aughrim v Annacurra 7.15pm (Referee: Gerry Corbett); AGB 2 v Tomacork Ballymoney 7.15pm (Referee: Kieran O’Shea); St Nicholas 2 v Ashford Donard 7.15pm (Referee: Liam Cullen)
Friday, April 20
Under 14 Football Féile
A Féile (2 Pitches) Venue Blessington GAA 6.45pm (Referees: John Whyte and Eamon Doyle) - Baltinglass, Eire Og Greystones, St Nicholas 1, Rathnew, (winners qualify)
B File Venues: An Tochar (Referee Liam Keenan Jnr); An Tochar, Bray Emmets & St Patricks), Aughrim Community Grounds (Referee: Stephen Fagan); Aughrim, Tinahely and Carnew Emmets), Donard/ Glen (Referee: Darragh Byrne) Blessington, St Nicholas 2 and St Kevin’s) Annacurra (Referee: Gerry Corbett) AGB, Annacurra and Michael Dwyers). Top team qualify for semi-finals.
Saturday, April 21
Under 14 Féile semi-finals and finals 11.00am Ballinakill
Monday, April 23
Minor Under-17 Football League Division 1 - Clara Gaels v Baltinglass 7.15pm (Referee: John Keenan); AGB v St Nicholas 7.15pm (Referee: Kieron Kenny); Eire Og Greystones v Tinahely 7.15pm (Referee: Anthony Nolan); Rathnew v An Tochar 8.00pm (Referee: Liam Keenan Jnr) Division 2 - Michael Dwyers v St. Kevins 7.15pm (Referee: Ciaran Fleming); Derry Gaels v Tomacork 8.00pm (Referee: Brendan Furlong); Pearse Gaels v Blessington 7.15pm (Referee: Eugene Doherty); Bray Emmets v St Patricks 7.15pm (Referee: John O’Brien); Clann na Gael v Bye Under-13 Football Round 2 Division
1 - Annacurra v St Nicholas 1 7.00pm (Referee: Brendan Furlong); St Patricks Blue v Eire Og Greystones 1 7.15pm (Referee: Chris Canavan); Blessington v Baltinglass 7.15pm (Referee: Noel Kinsella); An Tochar 1 v Rathnew 7.15pm (Referee: Pat Dunne)
Division 2 - Aughrim v Clara Gaels 7.15pm (Referee: Eamon Doyle); Bray Emmets
1 v St Nicholas 2 7.15pm (Referee: Con O’Ceadaigh); St Kevin’s v Michael Dwyers 7.15pm (Referee: John Whyte); Tomacork v Eire Og Greystones 2 7.15pm Ballinakill (Referee: Ollie Murphy); AGB 1 v Bye Division 3 - Kilcoole v St Mary’s 7.15pm (Referee: Ian Culbert); Tinahely v Naomh Eoin Gaels 7.15pm (Referee: Gerry Corbett); Newtown v Ashford 7.15pm (Referee: Philip Bracken); Newcastle v Clan na Gael 7.15pm (Referee: Pat Kelleher); Bray Emmets 2 v An Tochar 2 7.15pm (Referee: Pat Hickey); St Patricks White v AGB 2 (Referee: Tony McLoughlin)
Tuesday, April 24
Under-15 Football League Division 2 Round 2 - St Kevin’s V AGB 1 7.15pm (Referee: Ciaran Fleming)
Wednesday, April 25
Under-11 Hurling Group 1 Round 2 - ARP v Carnew Emmet 7.15pm (Referee: Mick Owens); St Patricks Blue v Glenealy 7.15pm (Referee: Chris Canavan); Eire Og Greystones 1 v Michael Dwyers 7.15pm Ballinakill (Referee: Con O’Ceadaigh); Aughrim 1 v Kilcoole 7.15pm (Referee: Brendan Furlong); Bray Emmets 1 v Bye Under-11 Hurling Group 2 Round 2 - Barndarrig V Bray Emmets 2 7.15pm (Referee: Kieran O’Shea); Eire Og Greystones 3 v Eire Og Greystones 2 7.15pm (Referee: James Phelan); Kilmacanogue v Western Gaels 7.15pm (Referee: Ian Culbert); Avondale v St Patricks White 7.15pm (Referee: Liam Keenan Snr); Aughrim 2 v Tinahely 7.15pm (Referee: Darragh Byrne) Under-15 Hurling Division 1 Round 2 - North Wicklow Gaels v Michael Dwyers 7.15pm (Referee: Liam Keenan Jnr); Bray Emmets v Glenealy 7.15pm (Referee: Anthony Nolan); Avondale/Parnells v Luke O’Tooles 7.15pm (Referee: Damien Byrne); Tomacork v Bye
Monday, April 30
Under 13 Hurling Division 1 - Michael Dwyers Navy v Eire Og Greystones 7.15pm (Referee: Ciaran Fleming); ARP v Tomacork 7.15pm (Referee: Darragh Byrne); Bray Emmets v Michael Dwyers Blue 7.15pm (Referee: Eugene Doherty); Kilcoole v Glenealy 7.15pm (Referee: Mick Owens); Luke O’Tooles v Avondale 7.15pm (Referee: Damien Byrne); St Patricks Bye Under 17 Hurling Division 1 Round 1 - Luke O Tooles v Carnew Emmets 7.15pm (Referee: Chris Canavan); Bray Emmets v Avondale/Parnells 7.15pm (Referee: Con O’Ceadaigh); Glen/Pats v Michael Dwyers 7.15pm Glenealy (Referee: John Keenan)